On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:57:12 GMT, "Alaskan420"
wrote:

The fly outs I've had, (and it seems others here as well), are a bit more
primitive than you describe. Usually the pilot of the floatplane would put
us down in a decent area and take off for 6-8 hours. On some trips we
wouldn't see him again until the next day.

The fly out to the Big River is the only one where the pilot stays.
Usually he goes back to camp, but the Big is right on the southern end
of Cook's Inlet, about a 45 minute flight from camp. It's easier and
cheaper to stay with the sports. Fred, the head pilot pictured in the
photos only fishes when he flies to the Big.

On a normal fly out, he drops us and our rafts off. We raft/fish a
stream (Moraine Creek, Battle Creek, Little Ku, Big Ku) and he picks
us up about 5 pm. Gotta be back in camp for Martini time, and snacks
of shrimp and king crab, or the most delicious Swedish meatballs I
have ever tasted.